Cataclysm is a related term of catastrophe.
Cataclysm is a related term of catastrophe.
Catastrophe is a related term of cataclysm.
As nouns the difference between catastrophe and cataclysm
is that
catastrophe is any large and disastrous event of great significance while
cataclysm is a sudden, violent event.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
catastrophe Alternative forms
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Noun
( en noun)
Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
(insurance) A disaster beyond expectations
(narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot in a tragedy.
(mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.
Synonyms
*nakba
Derived terms
* catastrophe bond
* catastrophe theory
Related terms
* anastrophe
* apostrophe
* cataclysm
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cataclysm Noun
( en noun)
A sudden, violent event.
(geology) A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
A great flood.
Derived terms
* cataclysmic
Related terms
* catastrophe
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